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There is No Wrong Way to Pray with Carol Davis

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Interview · North Dakota · Carol Davis · NDNAEU 7

Themes: Spirituality & ceremony, Culture & continuity, Food & plants, Arts & expression, Children & young people, Self-determination & leadership, Intergenerational learning

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Learn About questions

What are some of the ceremonies practiced in Native American tribes? Why is it important to bring tobacco to an elder for a visit? What does it mean? How is going to ceremony similar to going to church? How is it different? What does the quote “There is no wrong way to pray,” mean?

Learn From questions

What do I do to care for myself spiritually? Do I practice more than one way of being spiritually? How do I feel about the statement of the spiritual leader, “There is no wrong way to pray.” Do I bring gifts to elders in my life?

Transcripts

Carol Davis- "There is No Wrong Way to Pray'" NDNAEU 7

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We today we’re talking about Jesus and the Christian Wayne and you hear a lot of traditional talking well when I started to go to ceremonies I had been Catholic my parents had been Catholic my grandparents were Catholic and so I don’t know what they were before my grandparents but I know my grandparents and my parents were both were both Catholics and so we just naturally you know just I guess that balance you know native always you know believe in something and so we were nurturing our spiritual lives and but when I when I started to go to ceremony I was still going to church to the Catholic Church and so I thought am i doing something wrong is this you know well you know how do i what do I do about this I was getting really serious because I loved Sundance and I love sweat lodge and I you know and at the same time I love going to church on Sunday morning I’m going to church so I was I thought this is getting serious and I really need to talk to somebody and so I want the following one of our spiritual leaders and took tobacco and I said I have a very serious question and I said it’s going to make a difference in my life and I said I want you to guide me and I said I do these ceremonies I go to ceremony and I go to church on Sunday and practice the Catholic Wayne and I have a name I got my name in ceremony my children have names my grandchildren have names I take them to ceremony I said am i doing something wrong and the spiritual leader said there is no wrong way to pray

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NDNAEU document credits: Carol Davis — Turtle Mountain (Chippewa).

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